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K-pop Damaged by Adapted Chinese Songs that Pretend to be Original

SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of Chinese music companies are infringing on copyrights by adapting Korean songs into Chinese versions and uploading and registering them on YouTube as original songs. A string of K-pop songs, including IU’s “Morning Tears”, Brown Eyes’ “Already One Year” and Younha’s “Waiting” were adapted into Chinese [...]

The Culture Ministry Is Determined to Cultivate the Cartoon Industry

SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to take measures for the promotion of the cartoon industry aiming for 1 trillion won turnover and $100 million exports by 2018. On May 28, according to the mid- and long-term plans for nurturing the cartoon industry announced by the Culture Ministry, [...]